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Equipment in the LNG supply chain Subscription
With the increasing opportunities being discovered in the LNG distribution chain, Cryostar’s Philippe Heisch offers an insight into the equipment deployed in the LNG supply sector - and why.
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Cryogenic tanker design and operations – An overview Subscription
Independent Cryogenics’ Hannes Rucker presents some observations from the realm of cryogenic tanker design and operations.
Cryogenic expertise in the small-scale LNG sector – A case study from Vanzetti Subscription
In terms of the air gas/LNG synergies, the distribution logistics used in the air gases business represents a deeply and positively developed technology worldwide. The cryogenic distribution of air gases was introduced approximately 50 years ago and currently, the LNG cryogenic distribution chain is a compulsory way of transporting LNG. Vanzetti shares its experience in this area.
Synergies and demand in the small-scale LNG market Subscription
Providing around 25% of global energy requirements, natural gas has become the fuel of choice for new power plants built since the 1990s. This demand was the driver for overcoming the physical challenge of transporting this relatively low energy dense gas. Natural gas is also an important feedstock for downstream petrochemical industries and chemical fertilisers, while its growing use as a transportation fuel is increasingly being facilitated by the development of small-scale liquefaction ...
Hot topic – Gases industry growth slips Subscription
A commentary with John Raquet, of Spiritus Consulting Ltd, as the latest quarterly performance analysis report of the major global industrial gas companies shows underlying sales slipping by the close of 2011.
Challenges driving the industry forward Subscription
When the British Compressed Gases Association (BCGA) revealed a record attendance and a raft of major breakthroughs at its annual conference in April last year, the bar was set impressively high. Now, this April, the BCGA will once again aim to set new standards in its quest to promote safe working practice in the gases industry.
MagneGas – The green, no compromise alternative to acetylene? Subscription
With a green agenda in focus this month, gasworld talks to the corporation behind MagneGasTM, a hydrogen-based fuel and green alternative to acetylene.
Gas Production – Make vs buy decisions Subscription
Make or buy, that is the question. It’s a very broad concept that today politicians, at least in Europe, tend to associate with job losses, de-industrialisation, de-localisation, and loss of taxes and income. While this might be true if a global manufacturing enterprise were to decide to put all of its manufacturing activities in the Shenzhen area, when we discuss ourtsourcing in the case of industrial gases all these fears are totally irrelevant.
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‘Biorefineries get the most out of renewable raw materials’ Subscription
With the chemical industry moving ever closer to a green future, Uwe Welteroth and Dr Markus Wolperdinger, biotechnology experts at Linde Engineering Dresden GmbH, explain how cutting-edge engineering systems and biotechnology are changing the face of the industry. By Caroline Zörlein.
Biotechnology – Where chemistry meets biology
Crude oil is not only used to power cars and heating systems, it is also indispensable in the chemical industry. Regenerative raw materials have the potential to replace fossil resources. To transition biomass-based processes more quickly from the laboratory to industrial production, researchers at Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft are building the Chemical-Biotechnological Process Centre (CBP) in Leuna. Linde Engineering Dresden, a member of The Linde Group, is the main contractor for the new ...
Carbon dioxide and a green future Subscription
When CO2 is the subject of discussion, outside of those in the gas trade, it is usually associated with greenhouse gases, a gas exhaled endlessly, and soft drinks. As those in the gas industry know all too well, CO2 has many dimensions associated with so many applications, which continue to grow and grow.
Going green – Industrial gas and the green agenda Subscription
Unlike many other chemical manufacturing processes, the manufacture of atmospheric gases (oxygen, nitrogen and argon) produces virtually no harmful or undesirable by-products at all. The reason for this is that despite the accumulation of greenhouse gases (GHG’s), oxides of sulphur and nitrogen, and volatile organic compounds, the primary constituents of the Earth’s atmosphere still constitute over 99.95% of its volume.
Hot topic – Large versus localised Subscription
Jane Dawson consults two leaders in their field, Robert Lee and Rafael Calvera, to determine whether large cylinder filling centres actually deliver value for money.
Columnists
A relationship in vogue Subscription
When I came to gasworld five years ago, LNG wasn’t on the radar. It wasn’t an industrial gas, it didn’t have the same hype as hydrogen, and it wasn’t particularly topical. Oh how that has changed, for both gasworld and the industrial gas community.
Regional analysis
Regional Markets: Global Update Subscription
According to Spiritus Consulting, the global market for industrial gas, equipment and related services reached a value of around $72bn in 2011, compared to its worth of approximately $66bn in 2010. This was achieved despite an apparent tail-off in industrial growth from Q1 (2011) toward Q4.
Interviews
10 minutes more with... Sylvie Villepontoux Subscription
Spend 10 minutes more with Sylvie Villepontoux and see what else the Managing Director of Air Liquide UK had to say about the future of the gases business both in the UK and globally, issues close to the heart of the BCGA, and even the last book she read.
